The Grenada gazette., 1887-10-29

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~ care nothing for that" said Mi
: Mlllicent Men are sometimes kindt
than women" she added. with a ting
OF bitterness in her voice.
" The end of it all was that Miss Mi
Il licent was installed rs cook in tn
boarding-house. She had eyidentl
: come determined to stay, for the stage
! coach that went rumbling through tn,
gulch next day brought up littl.
hair-coyered trunk with I'M. H." OF
the end of it in brass-headed nails.
Before week tho boarders began
blessing the good angel that sent them
Miss Millicent. Such meals rs she
served had never been seen before at
the Little Christabel, and it was Won
derful to see the change she brought
about in the dirty little boarding-house
and its contents. Her energy and
strength seemed unfailing. She went
stepping briskly about, the neatest and
sprightliest Of housekeepers. singing
at her work and smiling on everybody.
At the end of fortnight every man
in camp knew Miss Millicent and had
felt the influence a good woman exerts
in every community
Old hats and caps were dotfed to her
wherever she went. No oaths or
rough words were spoken in her
presence, and the man who would |
have dared to offer her an indienitv
would have ''been rid on rail-" as
my informant said.
For year Miss Millicent lived at
the Little ChristabeL and in that time
she had won the sincere regard of
every man in camp There had been
great deal of sickness among the
hen that winter and some OF them 5
WED their lives to Miss Millicent's |
'areful nursing. good food and gener- c
VI good sense i'll every thing pertain II
nc to the care Of the sick.
Her own cheerfulness and good e
ealth never failed her. "
II don't believe you ever had a sor. il
ow in your life, did you?" asked one S,
the men one day. W
Miss Millicent was standing in the l
abln door at the time. The smile on d
er face vanished as she made reply: b,
lie leaned her head YEARLY against di
e door frame; her face paled for hi
oment and her lips quivered as she
i'd, slowly: m
Every heart knoweth its own bit. bo
rness;' then she turned and went to r.
/ own little room at the end of the wt
bin, and the man who had asked the
estion said: =
Some villain OF a man at the bot So,
Il of it all, I'll bet; I'd like to help pr.
etch his neckW
t was no secret that one or two of lis
men in camp had been sutors for
IS Mellicents hand; and it was it.
own that she had received their pro- on,
ais with burst of tears, and had \
,ged them never, as they valued pre-
il happiness and hers. never to refer ius,
he subject again. Co,
he camp had been singularlv free mo,
n the brawls and lawlessness that dra
distinguish and disgrace most and
ing camps Mr., Vance would not her,
w a saloon within the limits of the sile
e. and had made it obligatory on F,
men that they refrain from many the,
gs common to the ordinary miner. sire
ne presence of Miss Millicent had spes
much to do with the unusual good cam
lvior of the men and the good III
e the Little Christabel wore as a sba,
ing camp. tion
1t one day there came a bit of amo
to the camp that changed the rous
from good-natured, easy-going, aud
u fellows to angry, determined whe
she
lere lived on claim near nle Lit to al
'hrIstabel man known as Captain sh
) an honest hard-working and ahea
oughly good man, very popular reacl
all who knew him, and unusally arou
n ''i1 iiioii ei'Pioyeu at the Lit rock,
hrista bel. !,
two years he had worked hard TIL
verify and deprivation, develop flash
claim that was generally be. She !
~ " "ol'n'css' they
iof.ahe plays strange freaks in iicnd
e camps, and Captain Toms I'm. WI
lslng mine one day revealed heart
dld vein of rich silver ore. Ho of en-
down 10 the Little Christabel, wv
mt over his good fortune. He Th,
led home to find his claim or tn,
leo oy TWO or three men, led by Again
}" Oh "hsavory reputation known wv
c Grigson. A :,
5son and his confederates were in mid st
'slon OF Captain Toms two years terrilj
'or, and coolly ordered him to "It
OUT when he appeared at the cent ;
II his own little cabin, the order ~,
emphasized by threats Of imme. ..but ,
if he tarried long ON M nj.
der of his going. Her.
"mine-jumping" process is one wv